Published mark
AVIAT NETWORKS, INC.
NASDAQ: AVNW. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9
- SEC CIK
- 0001377789
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 22, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Oct 2, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Patrick W. SmithSince Sep 10, 2025
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 6 / 77 directors published
- Published claims
- 304 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 90 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 9 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CFO CHANGED
Andrew M. Fredrickson executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
EffectiveEffective Sep 10, 2025E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice President of Corporate Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer | Andrew M. Fredrickson | Sep 2025 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| General Counsel | Erin R. Boase | Sep 2025 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Senior Vice President, Product and Innovation | Gary G. Croke | Sep 2025 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Chief Financial Officer | Michael C. Connaway | Sep 2025 | current | Source reportedE6 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Patrick W. Smith | Sep 2025 | current | Source reportedE7 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Peter A. Smith | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE8 |
Board of directors
Evidence7 directors published. 6 of 7 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Taten | Independent | 2022 | Compensation, chairCompensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Bryan Ingram | Independent | 2021 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| John Mutch | Independent | 2015 | AuditAudit; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Laxmi Akkaraju | Independent | 2023 | Audit | Source reportedE2 |
| Michele Klein | Independent | 2021 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Peter A. Smith | Not independent | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Scott Halliday | Independent | 2025 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Scott Halliday | Scott Halliday, Bryan Ingram, John Mutch, Laxmi Akkaraju | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair | Not published | Scott Halliday | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Bryan Ingram | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Nominating and Governance | Not published | John Mutch | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Bruce Taten | Bruce Taten, Bryan Ingram, Michele Klein | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Bruce Taten | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair | Not published | Michele Klein | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | Michele Klein | Michele Klein, Bruce Taten, John Mutch | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Scott Halliday; Members Scott Halliday (Chair); Bryan Ingram; John Mutch; Laxmi Akkaraju
Committee AppointmentScott Halliday: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentBryan Ingram: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentJohn Mutch: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentLaxmi Akkaraju: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Bruce Taten; Members Bruce Taten (Chair); Bryan Ingram; Michele Klein
Committee AppointmentBruce Taten: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentBryan Ingram: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentMichele Klein: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Michele Klein; Members Michele Klein (Chair); Bruce Taten; John Mutch
Committee AppointmentMichele Klein: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentBruce Taten: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentJohn Mutch: member, Nominating and Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerPatrick W. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Sep 10, 2025
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingAVNW (NASDAQ)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 22, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameAVIAT NETWORKS, INC.
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Andrew M. FredricksonVice President of Corporate Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officercompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:12
- Erin R. BoaseGeneral Counselcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:13
- Gary G. CrokeSenior Vice President, Product and Innovationcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:14
- Michael C. ConnawayChief Financial Officercompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:15
- Patrick W. SmithPresident and Chief Executive Officercompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:16
- Peter A. SmithPresident and Chief Executive Officercompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:17
- Bruce TatenDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:5
- Bryan IngramDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:6
- John MutchDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:7
- Laxmi AkkarajuDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:8
- Michele KleinDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:9
- Peter A. SmithDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:10
- Scott HallidayDirectorcompany:2a2bd1b1-d09d-4656-a09e-bed9dbb307e9:leadership_role:11
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 9 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Oct 2, 2026. Retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Sep 10, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Sep 10, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Sep 10, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Sep 10, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Sep 10, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8AVNW executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9board_seats. board seats. Cited by 13 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 22, 2026- Andrew M. Fredrickson executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
- Erin R. Boase executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
- Gary G. Croke executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
- Michael C. Connaway executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
- Patrick W. Smith executive of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-09-10.
- Scott Halliday seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-01-01.
- Audit · Chair committee of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2025-01-01.
- Scott Halliday member of Audit · Chair, effective 2025-01-01.
- Laxmi Akkaraju seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2023-01-01.
- Bruce Taten seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2022-01-01.
- Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2022-01-01.
- Bruce Taten member of Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2022-01-01.
- Bryan Ingram seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2021-01-01.
- Michele Klein seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2021-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2021-01-01.
- Bryan Ingram member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2021-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2021-01-01.
- Michele Klein member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2021-01-01.
- Peter A. Smith seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2020-01-01.
- John Mutch seat on AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2015-01-01.
- Audit; Nominating and Governance committee of AVIAT NETWORKS, INC., effective 2015-01-01.
- John Mutch member of Audit; Nominating and Governance, effective 2015-01-01.